Uploader and owner of the video (and original 8mm film) is me, so thank you as well. You can see me as I looked 33 years ago in the Nizwa-film of this youtube-account (Film 003). So now you probably wouldn't recognize me if you met me. Also: I'm living in The Netherlands (Rotterdam - Holland). I still visit Oman sometimes (like January - February 2013), but now as a tourist.

Hi fredders77, it took some time to process your reaction because we were away for a month to visit Ethiopia again. Thank you for reacting. Regards from OmanAdJo.

Thanks to whoever captured and uploaded the video !!! No doubt its a very rare video reminding of the times we can never bring back!!!

Thanks for sharing this old footage. Was in Oman circa 1982 and you've reminded me of Al Bustan (an empty beach then, with Omani children in trad clothes on occasion selling lavender wrapped up in palm leaves ) and the old dirt road pass over to Qantab, which I think you needed a 4x4 for, as it was quite steep and ordinary taxis couldn't always make it over. I remember too, the old city walls near the Palace, Ruwi, with cars often gridlocked at the T-junction (or was it a crossroads ?) near the Oman Plaza Cinema at weekends, Triumphal arches on roads lit up on National Days to show the Omani flag, and the strong smell of fish being landed at the quay near Muttrah's corniche. Omani forts like Nizwa were all crumbling mud-bricks (I think only the forts near the Royal Palace were rendered then). Mystery and curios everywhere, like a small old rusting cannon lying by the side of the road in Tanuf, untouched in the 2 years I was there ! Had a great time, and still have not tasted food as good as the all-you-can-eat for 800 Baiza Indian food in Ruwi High Street. Hope someone invents time travel !

@OmanAdJo

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for replying late. Oman is still our favorite country, now in 2019! Isn't that incredible?

Amazing rare footages, my parents, my uncles and aunts lived this era around Wadi Kabeer area, they tell me how it looked like before, but I could not imagine. Watching such footages really shows us how people lived back then. It also shows how Muscat developed quick, his majesty has done a lot to improve this country. Thanks to the help from you foreigners back then when we lacked the expertise to develop. I hope you and your family doing well.

Thank you so much for posting these videos. Oman has been home for me since 2007. My colleagues love watching. It brings them back to simpler times. The Oman Plaza Cinema almost brought one chap to tears. Keep posting please!

Having grown up in the mid 80s in Ruwi, i do remember this place like how the videoshows. Thank you uploader for uploading this. Made me nostalgic.

You have treasured a moment from our history. Thanks for sharing. The new generation in Oman will cherish this video :)

thank you. this made me SO home sick. I am from India but grew up in Oman (19 yrs)....I left in 1993 and came to the US and haven't been home since. I miss it so much. Your video shows the older Oman I miss most. From videos and pics, I see of it in the present, it appears to have lost some of its mystique. Great music selection too BTW.

Lived out in Muscat with my family around this time, I was young but some vivid memories, Dad looked after the Kodak lab there. We lived at the al falaj hotel for a bit, then PDO Heights, and Ruwi.

@cheekoo911 Great time. Oman is still a very good country nowadays. We always like to go there.

Thank you very much to upload this video about Oman .

Very well covered the entire video of 1980.I was born in muscat in 1963 (mission hospital). My dad served for B. B. M. E muscat for nearly 27 yrs. I would request u to show more videos of old muscat during 70 and 80s period.

Great video. Brings back memoiries

Thank you you are welcome. I have added a few links to newer Oman videos that I have made. See the description of this video (above).

@muneerzadjali Thank you.

The year we moved to Omn

G.m, thanks for nice Video, I hope you have some pics about rain, floods when you was in Oman in that period, please tell me If you have it

@cheekoo911 Because I am Dutch. Holland (The Netherlands) is my home country.

I like this video thank you omanAdJo

@cheekoo911 In Ruwi? No, in Rotterdam, which is quite different.

@shoru72 Thanks.

@OmanAdJo i really miss oman ruwai... markets,bulidings,rocks.. etc do you live in ruwai?

Thank you. We do.

amazing video .....

I worked in Oman 1981 for Omani-American Joint Commission for Economical Development

i would love to get in touch with the author of this footage. Knowing that he captured something of out lives that is beautiful. can anybody help me please?

@OmanAdJo ohh ok..Rotterdam is beautiful.. why did you move from Ruwai to Rotterdam? do you use facebook?

@michchristy Thank you. Great (still great) to be in Oman so now and then. But in fact I should now start posting films about the present Oman on KZread. It takes much time and effort though to edit films. On my (other) youtube account a-d-j-o-f-i-l-m (without the hyphens) I have also posted amongst others, films from India and other places and one of the Sultan Qaboos mosque.

WHY do my videos cut off. The vision goes black but the s9und keeps on?

Hi, How are you :) Hope will be Fine .. Can we have some chat regarding your these videos :) about Oman

@OmanAdJo

7 жыл бұрын

Hi. Sorry for replying late. What would you like to know?

Is this ur personal photoge?I mean u took it by ur self?

@OmanAdJo

Жыл бұрын

Yes. It's a private 8mm film that I recorded.

Yes, I can help you, because I am the author and owner of the footage. I use 2 user codes on KZread, which are "OmanAdjo" and "Zrisky". After succes with my films on "Zrisky" and several requests from Omani people through KZread I decided recently to start "OmanAdjo", especially for my Oman films (for as far as I have some). You can look up my KZread video's based on these user codes.

i was in mucat ruwai in 80s

Sure the fruit seller was a malabari (kerala..lndia).😀😃

WHY do my videos cut off. The vision goes black but the s9und keeps on?

@OmanAdJo

4 жыл бұрын

No idea. Here it works well. (Netherlands.)